#oneaday Day 1054: Q is for queue

Was hoping I'd be able to play a bit of Final Fantasy XIV this weekend, but I should have known better than to even consider playing on an Early Access weekend for a new expansion. Kind of fascinating how a weekend when theoretically fewer people should be playing (i.e. primarily those who preordered the new expansion) ends up being busier than the game ever is even at peak hours. But oh well.

I might try again tomorrow, but I've spent most of the day playing Blue Reflection: Second Light and that's most certainly time well spent. I'm not sure how much I have left to go, but things are certainly building towards some sort of climax now. There are still a few threads left to resolve along the way, so I estimate maybe three or four more chapters… but it's certainly Getting Real.

Tomorrow will mostly be spent recording stuff. Hard to believe there's just three Atari Flashback Classics games left to go — when that's over and done with, that'll be the most significant, large-scale creative project that I've ever brought to "completion". The Atelier MegaFeature will be of a similar if not greater scale when it's finally finished, but of course that's taking a short break at the moment.

Speaking of the Atelier MegaFeature, I'd like to reassure everyone that it most certainly hasn't been abandoned, but while I'm still finishing off Blue Reflection it's on hold. I'd like to finish Blue Reflection as soon as possible so I can write some more about it for the obligatory year-end roundups over on Rice, so that's taking priority at the moment. Once that's finished, I'll turn my own "personal gaming" time back to Lydie & Suelle primarily, so things will continue from there.

At this rate I can't promise that will happen before the new year, but it definitely will happen, and that is a promise. It'd be a shame to have come this far and fall off it in the last few games, after all — but any longstanding Gust fans will doubtless understand how Blue Reflection would have derailed things, I'm sure.

Anyway, I'm rambling on now and I need to sleep — so it's time to go do that. Have a pleasant Saturday evening, and if you've been trying to get on FFXIV… get up early tomorrow! Worked for my wife today!